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For questions about groups of societies and their defining characteristics and achievements.
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How could a language that uses a single word extremely often sustain itself?
Simple, make the language Oligosynthetic. Oligosynthetic languages are languages that have 50-200 words and simply combine words to create new concepts. For example; Let's say I want to say hell, in E …
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Pre-industrial Carnivorous Medicine?
Assuming an Earth-like planet with earth like plants and animals, what can a civilization of strict meat eaters use as medicine? …
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How does a migratory species farm?
On a world I am building, the day and night cycle lasts 9 years, resulting in the majority of animals migrate across the planet. One of the problems that my sapient races (one on the out going night s …
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How does a migratory species advance past the Stone Age? [duplicate]
In a world I am building the day and night cycle lasts nine years, resulting in the majority of animals migrating across the planet. One of the problems my sapient races suffer is that they cannot sta …
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On a world where everyone is nomadic, how does civilization start?
Historically civilization started in the river valleys, where is was easier to set up shop and farm; rather than migrate, hunt or gather. … Imagine that humans live on this world, how does civilization come to be? …
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Why would a crash landed generation fall back to the stone age?
My goal here is for human civilization to restart on this new and altered Earth, along with its new inhabitants; Gryphans (tree cats) and Neocorvids (the last 5 here). … The problem is that I am having difficulty explaining exactly why the newly arrived humans do not manage to continue as an advanced civilization. …
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How do you tell time on a world with 9-year days?
In a world where the days last years, how can a civilization accurately tell time? …
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Can a stone age civilization possible defend against colonial Europe?
Nearly every major stone age culture outside of Europe fell to European colonialism, they were immunized against the diseases they brought with them as well as their advanced technology made it nigh i …
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